Yasser Arafat Peace Quotations

We strive to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, ... We don't want a breakdown of the peace process.

We have no other alternative. And in spite of all the difficulties we are facing, we have one alternative: to carry on with the peace process. This is our strategic target.

is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.

Peace is a one-way road, ... Let us together remove the obstacles facing us.

We demanded that the United States play a role in pushing the peace process forward and we thank President Clinton and the U.S. administration for that role,

We are seeking a four-way meeting. Our position has always been that the European Union must have a vital, effective role in this peace process,

This was a very successful agreement, ... It is a very important start to achieve real peace and to avoid military activity.

Our duty today, the duty of all of us is to continue the work that I started with my late partner Yitzhak Rabin, to protect the peace of the brave and to continue and complete that work,

It's obvious that the Israelis were not ready to make the necessary steps, and take the necessary positions, to make a peace agreement possible.